Chosen People

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
'Chosen People' delivers an insightful and introspective look at life, love, and the vicious hand dealt by each. Born of frustration and discontent, this album is a sobering dreamscape, awash with emotions and full of richly textured and fantastically orchestrated melodies.

Average customer rating: The CD I waited 20 years to buy. Just as great as I remembered it!! Dave shows a different side as a soloist Metaphysical musings and enjoyable pop from brother Dave Dave's third and best 80's album

Chosen People Dave Davies Manufacturer: Wounded Bird Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Kinked Bug Transformation Glamour Rock Bottom: Live at the Bottom Line ASIN: B000AMPZ2G Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

1. Tapas
2. Charity
3. Mean Disposition
4. Love Gets You
5. Danger Zone
6. True Story
7. Take One More Chance
8. Freedom Lies
9. Matter of Decision
10. Is It Any Wonder
11. Fire Burning
12. Chosen People
13. Cold Winter

Customer Reviews:

The CD I waited 20 years to buy. Just as great as I remembered it!!.......2007-04-09

I was just a kid in the 80's when I got this album on tape. It was a huge influence on my musical taste and life. Most of the songs on this album I still remembered -even though I hadn't even listed to the album in 20 years! I have been looking for this on CD for quite some time now and finally found it. Well worth the wait and just as good as I could remember it. Quite a clean remastering and one of my favorite albums of all time.

Dave shows a different side as a soloist .......2006-04-19

This album shows how diverse Dave is as a soloist. Listening to this and his two earlier efforts reinforces just how much he contributed to the Kinks. His guitar work speaks for itself and his songwriting is very strong. He shares his views, beliefs and personal experiences intertwined with some really haunting melodies. All of his work is worth listening to as well as his live performances. He doesn't disappoint. Lets hope he gets back on stage real soon

Metaphysical musings and enjoyable pop from brother Dave.......2005-09-29

It's nice to finally be able to hear Dave Davies' "Chosen People" after the album being out of print for two decades. It is certainly more accessible than his first two solo efforts, which sometimes buried great songs in murky, plodding production. For "Chosen People" Dave brought in a full backing band instead of playing everything himself in endless overdubs, and the result is a tighter, crisper, and far more lively sound. Dave also turns in some great vocals, especially on the haunting "True Story" ("Are you talking to me?"). There's a good mix of rockers and ballads, but not much of the heavy metal that characterized his previous albums.

The songwriting here is fairly solid (but not as consistently good as the high water mark he would hit on his next album, "BUG"). And as always, Dave's heavy-handed peace-and-love preaching is leavened with enough mysticism and UFO lore to keep things interesting!

Overall, this is a good-but-not-great set sure to please diehard Dave fans, and probably inconsequential to anyone else. Go for "BUG" first.

Dave's third and best 80's album.......2005-09-14

Chosen People is easily the best and the most accessible of the three albums Dave recorded in the early 80s. While the first two albums sounded like heavy metal work outs, with the third album Dave chose to introduce acoustic guitars, keyboards and strings. This makes the album more diverse and the songmaterial is more mature and much stronger. Would be nice if Dave would add some tracks of this album to his setlist if and when he goes back on the road. Cheers dave!

Average customer rating: Cool Sdtk...But... Actually a decent re-recording of classics Fake instruments leave much to be desired The Force is NOT strong with this one... up to date with revenge of the sith

Star Wars: The Story Continues Manufacturer: DeLuxe Holland ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Star Wars | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Music from the Star Wars Saga ASIN: B0009NVRLO Release Date: 2005-06-06

Tracks:

1. Star Wars (Main Theme)
2. Princess Leia [Episode IV: A New Hope]
3. Little People [Episode IV: A New Hope]
4. Cantina Band [Episode IV: A New Hope]
5. Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme) [Episode V: The Empire Strikes Ba]
6. Yoda's Theme [Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back]
7. Asteroid Field [Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back]
8. Jedi Master Revealed/Mynock Cave [Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back]
9. Parade of the Ewoks [Episode VI: Return of the Jedi]
10. Luke and Leia [Episode VI: Return of the Jedi]
11. Jabba the Hut [Episode VI: Return of the Jedi]
12. Victory Celebration [Episode VI: Return of the Jedi]
13. Speeder Bike Chase/Land of Ewoks [Episode VI: Return of the Jedi]

Tracks:

1. Star Wars (Main Theme)
2. Across the Stars (Love Theme from Attack of the Clones)
3. Duel of the Fates [Episode I: The Phantom Menace]
4. Anakin's Theme [Episode I: The Phantom Menace]
5. Jar Jar's Introduction [Episode I: The Phantom Menace]
6. Trip to the Naboo Temple and the Audi [Episode I: The Phantom Menace]
7. Arrival at Tatooine and the Flag Para [Episode I: The Phantom Menace]
8. He Is the Chosen One [Episode I: The Phantom Menace]
9. Panaka and the Queen's Protectors [Episode I: The Phantom Menace]
10. Queen Amidala and the Naboo Palace [Episode I: The Phantom Menace]
11. Augie's Great Municipal Band and the End [Episode I: The Phantom Menac]

Tracks:

1. Revenge of the Sith [Episode III: Revenge of the Sith]
2. Anakin's Dream [Episode III: Revenge of the Sith]
3. Battle of the Heroes [Episode III: Revenge of the Sith]
4. Anakin's Betrayal [Episode III: Revenge of the Sith]
5. Palpatine's Teachings [Episode III: Revenge of the Sith]
6. Padme's Ruminations [Episode III: Revenge of the Sith]
7. Anakin vs. Obi-Wan [Episode III: Revenge of the Sith]
8. Enter Lord Vader [Episode III: Revenge of the Sith]
9. Immolation Scene [Episode III: Revenge of the Sith]
10. Yoda and the Younglings [Episode III: Revenge of the Sith]
11. Anakin and Padme [Episode III: Revenge of the Sith]
12. Star Wars (Main Theme)

Album Details

The Complete Original Soundtrack of Star Wars. Music of the Six Episodes - Composed by John Williams.

Customer Reviews:

Cool Sdtk...But..........2006-10-04

I'm gonna keep this one short & sweet...I'm a lifetime fan of Star Wars, loved the music as much as I've loved the movies themselves, sought to buy the original scores, had to choose between the real deal and this one, saved 20 bucks buying the Story Continues, and loved it from day one. However, once listened to a few times from start to finish one can't help but spot the obvious, while this is an awesome production and re-recording of the original scores, the Global Stage Orchestra relies solely on synthesized instruments and you can feel the absence of REAL instruments. But it's still a keeper...especially for the Imperial death march. ~*REDD*~

Actually a decent re-recording of classics.......2006-10-01

Let me start out by saying that this album isn't nearly as bad as many people are saying. I bought it about a year ago at a store up here when the initial album I was looking for was sold out. Not wanting to leave empty handed, I glanced around and found this totally by chance (maybe the force made me find it, who knows:)) and decided to give it a shot.

I wasn't entirely sure of what to expect when I put it in once I got back. Initially after the first fifteen minutes of listening to it, I started to feel as if I maybe should have bought something else, BUT at the same time it was still catchy enough to leave in until the end of the first disc. Before I knew it, I listened to all three discs in one sitting while working on a paper and I must say, it was definitely worth whatever I payed for it.

The music is different enough where if you're getting tired of listening to the same things over and over, you can put it in and not worry about listening to something you've heard millions of times over. However the music is similar enough where if you're in a Star Wars mood, you can put it in and still be satisfied.

The "sythnesized" Star Wars sound is very catchy after a while and a very good addition to any hard core Star Wars fans' collection, or just to anyones collection of music in general. It's interesting to hear how the music is still able to catch all of the emotion that is in the original soundtracks (especially in Episode III) and still sound different. I will admit that the tracks seem to be a bit out of "order". While episodes 4, 5 and 6 come first (which is fine) episode 2 is next, followed by 1, then episode 3, and then back to episode 2 again. Not sure why this is, but it's not a real big deal, just a little odd. Definitely worth buying if you're into collecting all things Star Wars.

Fake instruments leave much to be desired.......2006-01-21

The synthesized instruments sound horrible. First off, when I bought this, I saw the name "Global Stage Orchestra" and was looking forward to hearing an orchestra -- of real instruments. What I was in for was a bad synthesized interpretation of John Williams wonderful music. If he were dead, I'm sure that he would roll over in his grave.

Many instruments sound so bad that it's distracting. For example, the smooth woodwind lines in "Duel of the Fates" sound detached and mechanical. Some brass instruments (which Williams uses liberally) sound more like car horns. Obviously not put together by a vocalist... the rear cover reads "MUSIC AND VOCALS PERFORMED BY THE GLOBAL STAGE ORCHESTRA." Apparently vocals are not music... which may be close to the truth in this case, since the vocals sound like hollow midi sampled voices. With so many great recordings out there... spend the extra few dollars and get a recording from a real orchestra.

The Force is NOT strong with this one..........2005-07-11

My friend loaned me these CD's recently, and let me say they are nothing compared to the original soundtracks.

The recordings sound actually half decent for synthesized instruments, but after hearing the superb London Symphony Orchestra in the original recordings, any artificial orchestra (and even some real orchestras!) is a real let-down. Especially painful are the sequences which call for lots of brass; the LSO was so great at delivering a theme at full blast in an intense action scene, and the MIDI brass just sounds cheesey. The interpretation is poor in a few key sequences as well, too.

Star Wars fans really deserve better than this; get the re-mastered trilogy set:

up to date with revenge of the sith.......2005-06-01

Average customer rating:

Russian Choral Music Manufacturer: Melodiya ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Te Deum | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music ASIN: B000001HE7 Release Date: 1995-06-13

Average customer rating: Breathtaking Solemnity

Russian Choral Music-Russian Easter Manufacturer: Melodiya ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Sacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000001HC2 Release Date: 1996-03-26

Tracks:

1. The Laura's Bell-Ringing And Procession
2. The Easter Beginning (Moscow Tune)
3. The Easter Canon (Moscow Tune Of The Kiev Chant)
4. The Collect-Hymn Of Easter (Tune Of The Trinity-St. Sergius Laura)
5. The Ikos Of Easter (Valaam Tune)
6. The Angel Cried
7. The Exapostilarion Of Easter (Greek Chant)
8. The Canticles Of Easter (Tune Of The Zosima Hermitary)
9. Christ Is Risen
10. Come, O Ye People, Let Us Worship The Godhead In Three Persons (Tune Of The Trinity-St. Sergius Laura)
11. The Great Litany
12. Dogmatik, The 7th Tone (Znamenny Chant)
13. The Great Gradual: What God Is So Great As Our God (Moscow Tune)
14. The Stanza For The Assumption Of The Most Holy Birth-Giver Of God (Great Znamenny Chant)
15. Lord, Now Lettest Thou (Demestvenny Chant)
16. Praise Ye The Name Of The Lord (Kiev Chant)
17. The Exaltation Of Pentecost (Znammey Chant)
18. The Assembly Of The Angels (Znamenny Chant)
19. In That We Have Beheld The Resurrection Of Christ (Kiev Chant)
20. Chosen By The Lord Of Hosts
21. A Prayer To St Sergius
22. An Exaltation To St Sergius (Putevoi Chant)
23. The Lord Is My Light
24. Many Years (Tune Of The St Sophia Cathedral In Novgorod)

Customer Reviews:

Breathtaking Solemnity.......2001-01-25

Average customer rating:

Russian Voices Manufacturer: Koch Schwann (Germ.) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Sacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001SW9 Release Date: 1995-02-28

Tracks:

1. All Our Sacred Hymns
2. When The Israelites Had Passed Through The Water
3. Short Ectene
4. Hail, Virgin Mother Of God
5. Praise Of The Mother Of God
6. Thou Art The Joy OF All Who Are Troubled
7. Glory To God In The Highest
8. Today Is Born Of The Virgin
9. Praise The Lord, O My Soul
10. Lord, Now Lettest Thou Thy Servant
11. Praise The Name Of The Lord
12. Lord, Save Thy People
13. First Verses Of The Canon Of St. Andrew Of Crete
14. To Thy Mystic Feast
15. Thou How Art Clothed With Light As With A Garment
16. The Convention Of Angels
17. Your Cross - Your Resurrection

Tracks:

1. Cherubikon
2. Epiclesis - Hymn To The Mother Of God
3. The Lord's Prayer - Elevation
4. Holy God
5. Truly All Is Vanity
6. O Lord Grant Peace
7. O Christ, Let The Soul
8. You Alone
9. Thrice Holy
10. Eternal Remembrance - Blessed
11. Blessed Is The Man
12. Great Doxology
13. Lord, Save Thy People

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Watcha' Gonna Do? Tatejams Manufacturer: Tatejams ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA34QU Release Date: 2004-08-03

Tracks:

1. Watcha' Gonna Do
2. Who I Am
3. Can You Imagine? (Instr.)
4. Ancestors (Instr.)
5. We Are One (Instr.)

Average customer rating: great electronic and guitar fussion style of music Perfect CD! Sonically perfect production.

Chosen People ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Alternative Pop | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00001ZUKH Release Date: 1999-04-10

Tracks:

1. Little Flower
2. Disenchanted
3. Look At Me
4. Lonely Fool
5. Occupatiom
6. Lucky One
7. Chosen People
8. Letter To A Sun
9. Am I The Reason
10. Ecstasy

Album Description

Customer Reviews:

great electronic and guitar fussion style of music.......1999-09-22

Perfect CD! Sonically perfect production........1999-09-22

Music for the Millenium.

Average customer rating: Fantastic Album

For the Times You Feel Dead or Alive Chosen X Manufacturer: Self Released ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rock | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00073FGLI Release Date: 2004-03-23

Tracks:

1. The Arraignment
2. My Unforgiving Self
3. New Direction
4. More to Life Than You
5. A Few More Days
6. Declaration
7. Unborn Cry
8. No Word Can Say
9. Lost in Change
10. Light a Fire
11. Note On a Wall

Album Description

Customer Reviews:

Fantastic Album.......2006-03-01

Average customer rating:

Russian Orthodox Church Music Manufacturer: Olympia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Sacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000JIST Release Date: 1999-07-13

Tracks:

1. Troparion To Saint Arsenii Of Konevets
2. Vespers: Bless The Lord, O My Soul...
3. Vespers: Blessed Is The Man...
4. Vespers: O Gentle Light
5. Vespers: Rejoice, O Twain, Chosen By God
6. Vespers: Hail! Mother Of God And Virgin
7. Matins: Praise Ye The Name Of The Lord
8. Matins: From My Youth Up
9. Matins: Rejoice, O Isaiah
10. Matins: Most Blessed Art Thou, O Virgin, Mother Of God
11. Matins: The Great Doxology
12. Matins: Today Is Salvation Come Unto The World.
13. Divine Liturgy: Only-Begotten Son And Word Of God...
14. Divine Liturgy: O Come, Let Us Worship...
15. Divine Liturgy: Holy God
16. Divine Liturgy: Troparion To Saints Sergius And Herman Of Valaam
17. Divine Liturgy: Kontakion To Saints Sergius And Herman Of Valaam
18. Divine Liturgy: A Mercy Of Peace
19. Divine Liturgy: We Hymn Thee, We Bless Thee
20. Divine Liturgy: Our Father
21. Divine Liturgy: Blessed Are They, Whom Thou Hast Chosen, O Lord...
22. Divine Liturgy: Blessed In He That Cometh In The Name Of The Lord
23. Divine Liturgy: The Body Of Christ Take Ye...
24. Divine Liturgy: We Have Seen The True Light
25. Divine Liturgy: He Who Holds The Whole Creation In The Hollow Of His Hand
26. From The Triodion (Lent And Easter): Beneath Thy Tender Mercy
27. From The Triodion (Lent And Easter): Before Thy Cross, We Bow Down In Worship
28. From The Triodion (Lent And Easter): Now The Powers Of Heaven
29. From The Triodion (Lent And Easter): Blessed Be The Lord, At All Times
30. From The Triodion (Lent And Easter): Megalynarion To The Cross
31. From The Triodion (Lent And Easter): To Thee, Our Leader In Battle And Defender
32. From The Triodion (Lent And Easter): The Grace Of Thy Mouth
33. From The Triodion (Lent And Easter): Having Come To The Tomb Before The Dawn.
34. From The Triodion (Lent And Easter): At Mid-Feast Give Thou My Thirsty Soul To Drink.
35. From The Triodion (Lent And Easter): The Angel Cried Unto Thee
36. Feasts: Neither The Tomb Nor Death
37. Feasts: In Thee, O Virgin Without Spot...
38. Feasts: Thy Birthgiving Was Undefiled...
39. Feasts: Revealing To Thee The Pre-Eternal Counsel.
40. Feasts: Troparion To The Konevets Icon Of The Mother Of God

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2. Cop/Young God/Greed/Holy Money [Import] [CD-single]
3. Distant Blue
4. Doom Doom Doom
5. Emulsion
6. Falcon
7. FIVEGZ
8. Fragile Thing [CD-single]
9. Freaky Love
10. Grant Me Eyes

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